Sunny Varkey
Sunny Varkey is a non-resident Indian, Dubai-based education entrepreneur and education philanthropist from Kerala.
- Son of Indian expat teachers who migrated to Dubai in 1959, Sunny Varkey controls GEMS Education, the world’s largest operator of K-12 schools.
- With more than 250 schools worldwide, the private education firm counts the Blackstone Group among its key investors.
- Varkey shelved plans to list GEMS in London at an estimated valuation of $5 billion after the UAE government put a freeze on tuition fees.
- Sons Dino and Jay run GEMS as CEO and group executive director, respectively.
